Shooting victim remains in coma

STOCKTON - A woman who identifies herself as the fiancé of a south Stockton man shot earlier this week said he remains in a medically induced coma.

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By The Record

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By The Record

Posted Oct. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Oct. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - A woman who identifies herself as the fiancé of a south Stockton man shot earlier this week said he remains in a medically induced coma.

Jessica Lara said the man she's known since 2003 and has two children with was standing in a yard in the 200 block of Mosswood Avenue on Tuesday evening when he was attacked.

"One bullet went through him and out the other side, and another hit him in the leg," she said. "I felt a round pass by my face."

Lara says she saw two suspicious men in the area prior to the shooting. One was 19 to 23 years old and wearing a gray sweatshirt. The other was wearing a red hoodie, she said.

The Record initially reported the victim was alone when authorities found him. However, she and neighbors were in the area and with him when police arrived. Lara said the published inaccuracy hurt, because it made people who know the victim think she abandoned him. "I wouldn't leave him," she said.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Stockton Police Department's investigation line at (209) 937-8323.